Description
A Ghanaian explores the increasing influence of China across the region, a Kenyan student activist writes of exile in Kampala, a Liberian scientist shares her diary of the Ebola crisis; a Nigerian journalist travels to the north to meet a community at risk, a Kenyan travels to Senegal to interview a gay rights activist and a South African writer recounts a tale of family discord and murder in a remote seaside town. With an introductory essay by Ellah Allfrey, this anthology gathers new stories of contemporary Africa.
About the Author
Ellah Wakatama Allfrey is an editor, critic, and broadcaster. The former Deputy Editor of Granta magazine, and Chair of the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize judging panel, Ellah is Series Editor for the Kwani? Manuscript Prize, the Deputy Chair of the Caine Prize for African Writing, and patron of the Etisalat Literature Prize. A member of the 2015 Man Booker judging panel, she was awarded an OBE in 2011 for services to the publishing industry. She lives in London, England.
Book Information
ISBN 9781911115168
Author Ellah Wakatama Allfrey
Format Paperback
Imprint Cassava Republic Press
Publisher Cassava Republic Press
About the Author
Ellah Wakatama Allfrey is an editor, critic, and broadcaster. The former Deputy Editor of Granta magazine, and Chair of the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize judging panel, Ellah is Series Editor for the Kwani? Manuscript Prize, the Deputy Chair of the Caine Prize for African Writing, and patron of the Etisalat Literature Prize. A member of the 2015 Man Booker judging panel, she was awarded an OBE in 2011 for services to the publishing industry. She lives in London, England.
Book Information
ISBN 9781911115168
Author Ellah Wakatama Allfrey
Format Paperback
Imprint Cassava Republic Press
Publisher Cassava Republic Press
